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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 20h

"...with meaningful protections for decisional independence and expertise alongside political oversight, can guard against such abuse and mitigate the dangers of presidential unilateralism."

NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 20h

Metzger: "The second Trump Administration provides a cautionary tale about how the powers of administrative government can be abused. Yet an equally important lesson is that a well-functioning administrative state,..."

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 20h

🟣💡 Idea #28 — Gillian Metzger @columbialawschool.bsky.social — “Democracy Needs the Administrative State”

Part of the @nyulaw.bsky.social Democracy Project: "100 Ideas in 100 Days" series

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Democracy Needs the Administrative State

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 1d

"...There is only one solution—a genuinely bipartisan effort to reform the National Emergencies Act. During President Trump’s first term, not a time noted for concord between the parties, such an effort received broad support across party lines."

NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 1d

Galston: "The president declares an emergency, the odds are that he will be able to keep it in force as long as he wishes. Making matters worse, the judiciary has been very reluctant to intervene in legal challenges to presidential emergencies..."

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 1d

🟣 Idea #27 — William A. Galston @brookings.edu — “It’s Time to Reform the National Emergencies Act”

Part of @nyulaw.bsky.social Democracy Project "100 Ideas in 100 Days" series

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It’s Time to Reform the National Emergencies Act

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 2d

"...pronouncements with universal binding effect...Those who believe in democracy should support a role for democratic institutions in interpreting our fundamental charter of government, rather than relegating them to passive receptacles of the Supreme Court’s diktats."

NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 2d

Mitchell: "supporters of democratic governance should also be willing to challenge the imperious attitudes of the Supreme Court. For too long, the political branches have responded with passivity and acquiescence in response to the Court’s self-proclaimed authority to render constitutional..."

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 2d

🟣 Idea #26 — Jonathan F. Mitchell, former Texas Solicitor General — “Judicial Supremacy and American Democracy”

Part of @nyulaw.bsky.social Democracy Project "100 Ideas in 100 Days" series

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Judicial Supremacy and American Democracy

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 3d

"...partisan and ideological symmetry: they should favor constitutional understandings that equally protect interests on opposite sides of key divides." - Zachary Price

NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 3d

"Americans’ political divisions have infected constitutional law, threatening to produce entirely partisan understandings of the Constitution...courts need to resist this tendency. Rather than constitutionalizing one set of political preferences, courts should strive, when possible, for..."

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 3d

🟣 Idea #25 — Zachary Price, Professor of Law @uclawsf.bsky.social — “Depoliticizing Constitutional Law”

Part of @nyulaw.bsky.social Democracy Project: 100 Ideas in 100 Days

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Depoliticizing Constitutional Law

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 4d

"...in adopting a constitutional amendment that would enshrine the number of Supreme Court justices at nine."

NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 4d

"...it would empower transient majorities in Congress to whipsaw the country between sweeping conservative and liberal agendas. Now is the time to eliminate the temptation. Progressives should join with conservatives..."

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 4d

"[Packing the Court] would undermine the legitimacy of an institution essential to the rule of law. It would initiate a series of expansions that would destroy the capacity of the Court to operate as a deliberative judicial body. And, because it couldn’t happen without eviscerating the Senate’s..."

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 4d

🟣 Idea #24 — New by Ed Whelan of EPPC — “Enshrine Nine”

Part of @nyulaw.bsky.social Democracy Project: "100 Ideas in 100 Days"

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Enshrine Nine

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 7d

"...virtues so central to the Founders’ vision of what would make democracy work in America—and they require practice...[O]ur democracy would be strengthened if we could extend the benefits of this kind of participatory structure to other areas of our legal and regulatory systems." -David F. Levi

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 7d

"The citizen participants were not just making suggestions; they were assuming many of the attributes of decision makers...all participants were advocating, compromising, and collaborating on behalf of what they saw as the public interest. These are the essential skills of democracy—the civic..."

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 7d

🟣 Idea #23 — David F. Levi @dukelaw.bsky.social — “Participatory Democracy in Action”

Part of @nyulaw.bsky.social Democracy Project: 100 Ideas in 100 Days

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Participatory Democracy in Action

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 8d

"...The fact that they cannot be jailed, deported, or tortured vests organizations with greater responsibility to take risks on behalf of everyone who has a stake in preserving the liberal order. When these institutions bowl over, democracy loses."

NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 8d

Isiksel: "Authoritarianism succeeds by making dissent costly. When the authoritarian gale sends citizens running for cover, civil society organizations must anchor democratic principles..."

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 8d

🟣 Idea #22 — Turkuler Isiksel — Professor of Political Science @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

“Civil Society Institutions Under Authoritarian Encroachment”

Part of @nyulaw.bsky.social Democracy Project "100 Ideas in 100 Days" series

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Civil Society Institutions Under Authoritarian Encroachment

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

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Volokh Conspiracy @volokhc.bsky.social · 9d

[Ilya Somin] Caleb Nelson's Originalist Critique of Unitary Executive Theory

The prominent originalist legal scholar argues the Constitution does not require that the president have the power to fire executive branch officials.

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Rule of Law Lab | NYU Law @ruleoflawlab.bsky.social · 9d

Autocrats have joined forces and are deploying common tactics to consolidate power. Why shouldn't democracy advocates learn across borders too?

Read the Lab's latest @democracyproject.bsky.social on why transnational learning is essential to restoring democracy democracyproject.org/posts/transn...

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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 9d

"Cross-sectoral civil society coalitions in Brazil and Poland, for example, proved crucial in resisting authoritarian advances...[C]ivil societies...would do well to reach across national boundaries to learn from each other & develop practical tools for defending democracy & the rule of law." -Singh

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